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Nil points is French for zero points and refers to the situation whereby an artist or act at the Eurovision Song Contest receives no points during the voting. In the present voting system (adopted in 1975), countries award points from 1 to 8 then 10 and finally 12 for the acts they consider to be the best, but they are barred from voting for their own act. It can, therefore, happen that a country's act will never receive any vote from any country.
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Nil points is French for zero points and refers to the situation whereby an artist or act at the Eurovision Song Contest receives no points during the voting. In the present voting system (adopted in 1975), countries award points from 1 to 8 then 10 and finally 12 for the acts they consider to be the best, but they are barred from voting for their own act. It can, therefore, happen that a country's act will never receive any vote from any country. They "receive" nil points. Since 2004, there have been semi final stages. Only Switzerland has received nil points in the semi finals, so far.
The term is now used colloquially either as an abuse or in jest.
Since 1975
| Country | Year | Song | Artist |
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| Switzerland | 2004 | Celebrate | Piero Esteriore & the Music Stars |
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| United Kingdom | 2003 | Cry Baby | Jemini |
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| Switzerland | 1998 | Lass'ihn | Gunvor Guggisberg |
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| Portugal | 1997 | Antes do adeus | Célia Lawson |
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| Norway | 1997 | San Francisco | Tor Endresen |
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| Lithuania | 1994 | Lopsine Mylimai | Ovidijus Vysniauskas |
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| Austria | 1991 | Venedig In Regen | Thomas Forstner |
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| Iceland | 1989 | Það sem enginn sér | Daniel |
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| Austria | 1988 | Lisa, Mona Lisa | Wilfried |
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| Turkey | 1987 | Sarkim sevgi üstüne | Seyyal Taner ve Locomotif |
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| Turkey | 1983 | Opera | Cetin Alp and the Short Waves |
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| Spain | 1983 | Quién maneja mi barca | Remedios Amaya |
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| Finland | 1982 | Nuku pommiin | Kojo |
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| Norway | 1981 | Aldri i livet | Finn Kalvik |
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| Norway | 1978 | Mil etter mil | Jahn Teigen |
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Prior to 1975
The voting system changed in 1975. In 1956, the votes were never publically announced: that year is never included in the list of nil points acts.
| Country | Year | Song | Artist |
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| Luxembourg | 1970 | Je suis tombe du ciel | David Alexander Winter |
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| Switzerland | 1967 | Quel cœur vas-tu briser? | Geraldine |
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| Monaco | 1966 | Bien plus fort | Tereza |
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| Italy | 1966 | Dio come ti amo | Domenico Modugno |
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| Spain | 1965 | Que bueno, que bueno | Conchita Bautista |
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| Germany | 1965 | Paradies, wo bist du? | Ulla Wiesner |
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| Finland | 1965 | Aurinko laskee länteen | Viktor Klimenko |
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| Belgium | 1965 | Als het weer lente is | Lize Marke |
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| Yugoslavia | 1964 | Zivot je sklopio krug | Sabahudin Kurt |
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| Switzerland | 1964 | I miei pensieri | Anita Traversi |
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| Portugal | 1964 | Oração | António Calvário |
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| Germany | 1964 | Man gewöhnt sich so schnell an das Schöne | Nora Nova |
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| Sweden | 1963 | En gång i Stockholm | Monica Zetterlund |
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| Norway | 1963 | Solhverv | Anita Thallaug |
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| Netherlands | 1963 | Een speeldoos | Annie Palmen |
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| Finland | 1963 | Muistojeni laulu | Laila Halme |
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| Spain | 1962 | Llamame | Victor Balaguer |
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| Netherlands | 1962 | Katinka | De Spelbrekers |
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| Belgium | 1962 | Ton nom | Fud Leclercq |
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| Austria | 1962 | Nur in der Wiener Luft | Eleonore Schwarz |
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